Category: Water

For decades, the Great Barrier Reef enjoyed its World Heritage status. Now under pressure, what awaits the world’s most important reef system should UNESCO decide to classify it as “in danger”? The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) which stretches for about 2,000 kilometers off northeast Australia’s Queensland coast, is one of Read More …

Water hyacinths, considered to be one of the world’s most destructive weed can be harnessed for environmental benefit and renewable energy production, according to a latest study by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). Increasing temperatures due to climate change have created favorable growing conditions for Read More …

World’s leading marine scientists expressed alarm over the rapid acidification of the oceans caused by carbon dioxide emissions, threatening the world’s already fragile marine life. The huge amounts of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the world’s oceans is making it more acidic and could destroy coral reefs, fisheries, habitats and Read More …

VIENNA—Our oceans are in deep trouble. Coordinated research and urgent global action is needed to limit damages to the marine ecosystems due to increasing ocean acidification, a top official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. “ The marine ecosystems that keep the oceans healthy are subject to increasing Read More …

People in Barangay (village) Catayauan in Lal-lo, Cagayan province, are agitated whenever they hear news of another weather disturbance forecast to hit northern Luzon. The community of about 30 households that line the thinning patch of land between the national road and the Cagayan River has every reason to worry, Read More …

Manila Bay, the famous and most polluted body of water in the country, can still be rehabilitated, according to the scientists from the University of the Philippines – Marine Science Institute and Greenpeace. Scientists, who conducted a water sampling along the shore of Manila Bay on Tuesday aboard Greenpeace Read More …